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  1. 06-29-2012, 15:45 #1
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    Arrow Everybody Hates Flash

    Why the hate? Why the anger? Why is Flash always chosen last for team sports?

    Now it appears that our Google Overlords are backing away from it, and there will be no Flash support on Android 4.1.

    I am crying little virtual tears for the multimedia platform nobody loves.

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    Sounds like you should organize a Flash mob to protest this, Lemur.
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    Default Re: Everybody Hates Flash

    Once Apple got the ball rolling, makes sense that Google would follow suit. Adobe has had long enough to fix the holes in Flash.
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    Default Re: Everybody Hates Flash

    Flash, and pretty much everything Adobe makes is bloated crapware. Flashplayer crashes more on my computer than anything else. If there's a viable alternative, I'd be happy to use it.

    I feel bad for anyone who still uses Adobe Acrobat Reader when there are fine alternatives like Foxit or even Sumatra around....
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    Default Re: Everybody Hates Flash

    Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou View Post
    Flash, and pretty much everything Adobe makes is bloated crapware. Flashplayer crashes more on my computer than anything else. If there's a viable alternative, I'd be happy to use it.
    There is html5 alternatives for youtube in the settings section of your profile, and a few other websites.
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    Default Re: Everybody Hates Flash

    What Xiahou says.

    )I've also had flash videos play choppy on dual or quad core CPUs before they introduced GPU rendering support. I mean we could already play videos of similar quality etc. way back on 200MHz CPUs but with flash they would be choppy on a 2GHz dual core...


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    Quote Originally Posted by drone View Post
    Once Apple got the ball rolling, makes sense that Google would follow suit. Adobe has had long enough to fix the holes in Flash.
    But it's still in use, there is a lot of content I can't acces because of the Apple pricks, they could have told me it isn't supported
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
    But it's still in use, there is a lot of content I can't acces because of the Apple pricks, they could have told me it isn't supported
    Apple was pretty vocal about the fact that Flash would not be supported.
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    Default Re: Everybody Hates Flash

    Quote Originally Posted by drone View Post
    Apple was pretty vocal about the fact that Flash would not be supported.
    I just checked my diary and there isn't any entry about it. Maybe I should follow their every move more closily.
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